Joel Tracy

Consultant/Founder at Informed Business Decisions, Inc.

About
Joel Tracy

As Chief Marketing Research Consultant at Informed Business Decisions, Inc., Joel Tracy leverages experience in numerous industries to efficiently identify market challenges and develop strong solutions. Since founding the company he has led numerous complex market research projects for product launches on both domestic and international scales. Most recently, Joel Tracy managed a launch plan for Eisai Pharmaceuticals.

Prior to Eisai, Joel Tracy created and directed a launch plan for a new high-profile product for the merging pharmaceutical companies Roche and Genentech. In addition, he assumed responsibility for several market research projects during major restructuring activity, for which Mr. Tracy received the Metabolics Team Award for his contributions during this time.

Joel Tracy began his marketing career at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he earned a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing. He returned to the University of Wisconsin for his graduate studies, which he pursued in the Madison campus' celebrated Marketing Research program. After receiving his M.S., Joel Tracy joined The Upjohn Company as Business Intelligence Manager.

Since that time, Joel Tracy has led marketing direction for such prominent companies as S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Shortly before founding his independent company, Mr. Tracy conducted pre-market research for Searle, which was since acquired by Pfizer, applying industry-leading research techniques to prepare for the release of the pharmaceutical product Celebrex. The resulting intelligence proved instrumental in the record-breaking success of the drug, which earned $1.3 billion in revenue within its first year.

Since founding Informed Business Decisions, Joel Tracy has continued to leverage his business acumen toward the success of his clients. His work includes collaborating with company leaders to develop accelerated market research training programs. These programs focus on addressing the particular market needs of a client and encouraging creative solution development among employees. In his activities as a trainer and as an independent contractor, Mr. Tracy specializes in guiding companies through transitional periods and in navigating unexpected circumstances.